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Son interested in model railroading--need some advice/help
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by rrinker</i> <br /><br />And now for something completely different... I'm going to be contrary to the other opinions and say that N scale is NOT a bad idea. I think it depends on the boy, is he good with his other toys, or does e destroy things? If he knows how to properly treat his property, then N scale will not be a problem. I was runnig N scale trains at home logn before 8, and by 8 I had my own small N scale layout (we didn't have a lot of room in our house, so the HO only went up from November-January. By building a small N scale layout I had trains all year around). Since space is a major concern, the mentioned dimensions would just not work for an HO layout. A switching layout, sure, but at 8 he will likely loose interest faster than if there is an option for continuous run, which can be easily done in that space in N scale. <br /> Kato, Atlas, and Micro-Trains all make top quality N scale locos and cars. For the early go arounds, you might want to consider Kato Uni-Track, it doesn't have to be permenantly fastened down, and can be altered on a whim. It's easy to experiment with different track arrangements until the ideal solution is found. Then it can be fastened down and scenery added, or the layout could be built using more conventional track and roadbed. <br /> <br /> --Randy <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I am with Randy on this, when I was 6 or 7 I got a N scale set for Xmas, it was just an oval on a piece of plywood, with sawdust for grass and a little pond with a mirror. I took very good care of it, and would spend hours going around in circles, the train not me, that was out door stuff [:D] so I think it depends on what his respect level is with his current toys and "hobbies". We have a child with Down Syndrome that we are trying to take an interest in trains, I would never think of N but we did go HO for him, but even looking back on that choice for him, I really should have gone G scale, but he has a lot of hand eye issues, is rather rough with his toys, TV etc, we are on our 4th VCR in a 2 years and he pretty well has destroyed his remotes and broken every knob off his TV. So if he (your son is responable( I think I would let him take part in the choice of scale, etc. There isn't a better hobby for him to take on the model railroading.
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